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A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued from 3 p.m. until 10 p.m. Tuesday for Wyandotte County and the surrounding region, according to the National Weather Service.
Storms this afternoon and this evening could be accompanied by severe weather, damaging winds and large hail, according to the weather service. Also, torrential rain could be a problem, the weather service said.
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One driver was injured in a three-vehicle accident this morning on I-635 southbound near Merriam Lane in Kansas City, Kan., according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.
The accident happened about 8:08 a.m. Aug. 18.
Three vehicles were traveling on southbound I-635 when the accident happened, the trooper’s report stated.
An unknown vehicle came into the lane of an Oldsmobile passenger car, according to the trooper’s report.
The Oldsmobile made an avoidance maneuver and lost control, striking a Chevrolet passenger car, according to the report. The Chevolet then struck a Nissan passenger car, the report stated.
The driver of the Oldsmobile, a 37-year-old woman from Olathe, Kan., was injured and taken to a hospital, according to the report.
The driver of the Chevrolet, a 38-year-old woman from Kansas City, Kan., was not injured, the report stated.
The driver of the Nissan, a Kansas City, Kan., man, also was not injured, the report stated.
Sporting Kansas City midfielder Paulo Nagamura was named MLS Player of the Week on Tuesday for Week 24 of the 2015 regular season.
Nagamura scored the game-tying and game-winning goals in the final 10 minutes of Sporting Kansas City’s 4-3 comeback victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Saturday.
The two-goal performance was the second brace of Nagamura’s 11-year MLS career and earns the 32-year-old Brazilian his first MLS Player of the Week honor. He also led all players with an 86.67 percent passing accuracy in Saturday’s match.
A two-time MLS Cup champion, Nagamura leads Sporting Kansas City’s roster with 248 league appearances (including postseason). He has 15 goals and 19 assists in his MLS career, and is one of only five midfielders with a goal or assist in each of the past 11 MLS seasons.
The MLS Player of the Week is selected each week of the regular season by a panel of journalists from North American Soccer Reporters.
– Story from Sporting KC